SeniorCare One Step Closer to Renewal

MADISON-Secretary Dennis G. Smith today announced the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) certified that Wisconsin's SeniorCare application met the requirements for complete application and advanced to the next phase of the approval process. The application is now in a 30-day federal comment period ending on Nov. 8, 2012.

"Prior to submitting our request to the federal government to renew SeniorCare, we held several town hall meetings and an online comment period to gather input about the program, which we used to create our formal application in late August," said Secretary Smith. "We know that SeniorCare is extremely popular, and we look forward to receiving the final approval on our request."

SeniorCare continues to be a popular and successful program. The program has a simple enrollment process, a $30 annual enrollment fee, an income-based deductible and copayments of $5 for generic drugs or $15 for brand drugs. Since 2002, SeniorCare has helped more than 152,000 seniors with their prescription drugs in Wisconsin.